Improve grammar in exotic-sizes

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Peter Blackson 4 months ago committed by GitHub
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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This isn't always the case in Rust.
Rust supports Dynamically Sized Types (DSTs): types without a statically Rust supports Dynamically Sized Types (DSTs): types without a statically
known size or alignment. On the surface, this is a bit nonsensical: Rust *must* known size or alignment. On the surface, this is a bit nonsensical: Rust *must*
know the size and alignment of something in order to correctly work with it! In know the size and alignment of something in order to correctly work with it! In
this regard, DSTs are not normal types. Because they lack a statically known this regard, DSTs are not normal types. Since they lack a statically known
size, these types can only exist behind a pointer. Any pointer to a size, these types can only exist behind a pointer. Any pointer to a
DST consequently becomes a *wide* pointer consisting of the pointer and the DST consequently becomes a *wide* pointer consisting of the pointer and the
information that "completes" them (more on this below). information that "completes" them (more on this below).
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct MySuperSlice {
} }
``` ```
Although such a type is largely useless without a way to construct it. Currently the Unfortunately, such a type is largely useless without a way to construct it. Currently the
only properly supported way to create a custom DST is by making your type generic only properly supported way to create a custom DST is by making your type generic
and performing an *unsizing coercion*: and performing an *unsizing coercion*:

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